Masonry saw



N. c. coATEs Nov. 30,1948.

MASONRY SAW Original Filed March 24,1945

A e/(gfl C/a/r 604/65 r V v I Patented Nov. 30, 1948 2,455,113 MASONRY SAW Neligh Clair Coates, Kansas City, Mo.

, Original application March 24, 1945, Serial No.

584,544. Divided andt'his application'F-ebruary 28, 1946, Serial No. 650,834

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in masonry saws and refers more particularly to a power saw employing a disk cutter mounted upon an adjustable head held rigid during the cutting operation.

The invention is an altered type of construction over that shown in Patent 2,171,024 dated August 29, 1939, and Patent 2338,318 dated January 4, 1944, and differs from the former patent in that the instant device relates to a rigid head masonry saw as distinguished from a resiliently mounted head shown in the patent.

This application is a divisional of Serial 534,544. filed March 24, 1945. which issued as Patent No. 2,450,371, dated September 28, 1948.

Until the advent of power driven masonry saws it was usual practice to cut and form ceramics in building construction, furnace building, tile fitting and whereverbricks or tiles were to he laid by hand. Masonry saws employ a circular cutter blade rotated at high speed and formed of abrasives such as Carborundum or steel alloy rimmed with a diamond dust composition. The d fferent types of saws are for different uses, Carborundum disks principally for open texture brick and tile, while diamond blade saws are used for the harder, closer texture bricks and tile and for glazed products. Experience in cutting these different types of ceramics has shown it to be preferable to have abrasive cutters of the Carborundum type resiliently mounted so, shallow kerfs can be made during the cutting procedure permitting the operator to feed the cutter accordingto the ability of the cutter to sever the texture of the particular ceramic workpiece being cut. When the diamond blade is used the cutter head must be rigidly mounted. and the rapidity of feedingthe blade to the work is then governed solely by the speed at which the work is fed to the cutter blade. When using the diamond blade cutter it is essential that a lubricant be fed to the cutter, no lubricant being used with blades of the Carborundum type.

An object of the present invention is to provide a masonry saw in which the cut er head which supports the rotating cutter blade is adjustable and may be fixed in any adjusted position.

Another object is to provide a cutter head which is eas ly adjustedvertically on the frame of the mach ne and after adjustment may be fixed to position the cut er in any desired position with reference to the workpiece.

A further object is to provide a lubricat ng system for the circular cutting blade in which the lubricant is evenly and uniformly distributed to the cutting edge of the blade and excess lubr'i cant recirculated to the blade for reuse and-in this manner diverted from the workpiece or from the hands of the operator. v

Other and further objects of the invention will appear from the following description.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of the instant specification and are to be read in conjunction therewith and in which like reference numerals are used to indicate like parts in the various views, V

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of an apparatus embodying the invention with parts broken away, Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the head edjustment mechanism, I

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a view taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows.

The frame or standard I the saw comprises front uprights or legs ll), rear uprights H, and a horizontal support :2 which has the former a tray or reservoir. Pivoted in notches it, formed in the rear uprights H on pins M, is'the cutter head it. This cutter head is a platform arrangement upon one end of which is mounted a motor 16 and on the opposite end a cutter disk H. The shaft of the cutter disk is carried in suitable bearings indistinctly shown behind'a screen guard 58 positioned around the V- oelt which drives the cutter through pulleys on the motor and cutter shafts. Electrical power is supplied to the motor through conduits "not shown. Also mounted on the head 15 and driven from the motor by a separate belt is a lubricant cir culating pump Hi. This pump takes suction from the standpipe V2!] in reservoir l2 drawing the liquid up through flexible pipe 21 and discharging it through pipe 22 into a manifold 23 mounted on top of the guard 24 of the disk cutter. Depending pipes 25 on opposite sides of the guard have elbow shaped jets 25 a whichektend through holes in the guard and jet the lubricant onto the sides of the cutter remote from the outer cutting edge. Since the cutter is rotating at high speed the lubricant jetted against the sides of the cutter is projected outwardly along thesides of the cutter in the form of thin films.

Heretofore, where lubricant was supp ied to the outer edge of the cutter, which is usualpractice, the centrifugal force of the rotating cutter immediately threw it off. thus eliminating it from the edge of the cutting blade and materiallyref- 55 ducing its lubricating effect. Application of yoke.

lubricant to the edge of the cutter aggravated the spraying effect produced by centrifugal force of the cutter inconveniencing the operator and introducing other inefficiencies in the operation of the machine. Between the rear uprights and forming the rear wall of the reservoir I2 is a splash plate 26. Attached to the bottom of the cutter head and depending. therefrom in front of the splash plate is a flexible curtain 21 preferably of canvas or other moisture-resistant material. The curtain and splash plate drain lubricant thrown from the rotating cutter back into the reservoir where it is recirculated through the v pump Hi to the cutter. In the top of the standpipe 20 is a screen to eliminate contamination from the lubricant circulating system.

Removably attached to the front edge of the guard by set screw 42 is a trough 43. The in-v wardly projecting upturned edges of the trough extend into the guard and form gutters between the guard and sides of the cutter. These gutters collect excess lubricant and drain it back to the center of the rotating cutter disk through spouts or baffles 43a. Thus, a constant, uniform film of lubricant is supplied to the edge of the cutter and excess lubricant is recirculatedto the center of the disk to be recombined with the films added through jets 25a. Lubricant thrown from the periphery of the disk during thecutting operation is drained back into the reservoir from curtain 2i and splash board 26.

Beneath the platform which forms the support for the cutter head and rearwardly ofthe uprights II are angles 28 whose depending flanges are perforated by holes. The holes in the two angle members are in alignment to receive pin 29 insertable in the holes and through a hole in the upper end ofvertical rod 30. The lower end of rod 30 is gripped on opposite sides by clamping dogs 3|. These clampings dogs are held in place by pins 32 which pivot the dogs to the ends of link members 33 shown best in. Figs. 2 and 3. The ends 34a of yoke 34 are also pivoted to the lower pin 32, the front end of the yoke terminating in a threaded bolt 34b. Bolt 34b is screwed into the blank end 35a of adjustment tube 35 positioned below the horizontal support 12 and extendin from the rear to the forward end of the frame. The front end of the tube is carried by a transverse support member between uprights Ill and has amxed thereto a handle 35. Between yoke 34 and the threadedrear end of tube 35 surrounding bolt 34b is a coil spring 37 constantly urging the yoke and tube apart and tending to separate and release the clamping dogs. An angle member or saddle 38 fitted to the lower rear edge of reservoir I2 serves as a support for the head: adjustment assembly. The lower transverse flange of the saddle is cut away, as shown at 38a, to permit passage therethrough of the adjustmenttube 35 and boltySdb of the The upper lateral Wings 3% of the saddle serveas supports for the ends of a pin inserted into vertically spaced holes 39 in the vertical bar 33 when the clamping dogs are released and the cutter head is to be raised or lowered to different notches of the uprights. 1

Beneath the cutter and on the top edges of the 3 sides of the tray or reservoir 12 is aworkpiece conveyor or carriage 4B. This carriage has flanged-wheels 4! operating in roller bearings, the wheels roll upon the top rims of the tray and permit the carriage to be moved back and forth beneath the cutter.

The brick or tile to be sawed is placed upon the 7 head at a proper height.

4 carriage and the location of the cut determined by an adjustable scale 42. Handle 36 is unscrewed to release the clamping dogs 3| from the vertical bar 30. If the cutter head is too low and need be raised a pin is put through one of the holes 39 immediately adjacent the top Wings 381) of the saddle and the front end of the head manually raised until the pin supports the weight of the head. Working upon the pin as a fulcrum, the front of the cutter head is raised until the pivot Pins M are lifted out of their notches and lowered into notches which will position the The pin which served as a support is then removed, the head leveled or angled to a correct position with respect to the workpiece, and handle 36 turned until the clamping dogs 3| are tightened firmly against opposite sides of the rod 30. Gripping of the rod by the dogs forms a rigid connection between the head and the framelocating the head in any selected position. If the head is too high, lowering the head is accomplishedin much the same manner. The adjustment assembly is released by turning handle 36 in the opposite direction, a pin is inserted in one of the holes 39 of rod 30 and using the pin as a fulcrum the pivot pins I4 of the head are lifted from the notches in the uprights and lowered to notches below. The pin is then removed and the head is again tightened to rigid adjustment in the lowered position.

It will be noted that the upper portion of bar 33 is bent rearwardly giving the bar a dog-leg appearance and that the upper end of the bar is afiixed to the head or platform of the head a short distance forward of its rear end. These two features of construction play an important part in raising and lowering the head. The bend in the bar 33 tends to shift the weight of the head rearwardly when it is manually raised or lowered in adjustment of the height of the head in the notches of the uprights. In other words, when the head is manually raised or lowered and the pintle's or pivot pins shifted from one set of notches to another the weight of the head is automatically shifted toward the rear causing the pivot pins to move along the contours of the notches to the next position. This obviates a disadvantage experienced in raising and lowering the head when the rear bar was straight and fastened to the rear end of the head. Furthermore, moving the pivot between the upper end of bar 30 and the platform of the head forward shifted the fulcrum supporting the weight of the head and considerably reduced the weight which had to be lifted when the head was adjusted to another height. The edges of the uprights defining the contours of the notches have been rounded to facilitate head adjustments, the smooth rounded contours offering less obstruction resistance and friction to free sliding movement of the pivot pins.

The object to be sawed, as stated, is placed upon the carriage 40 and the carriage is advanced by rolling it forwardly along the edges of the horizontal supports. During the cutting operation lubricant is supplied to the sides of the cutter through jets 25a as described.

From the foregoing it will be seen that this invention is well adapted to attain all of the ends and objects hereinabo ve set forth together with other advantages which are obvious and which are inherent to the structure.

It will be understood that certain features and sub-combinations are of utility and may be employed without reference to other features and subcombinations. This is contemplated by and is within the scope of the claims.

As many possible embodiments may be made of the invention without departing from the scope thereof, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A lubricating system for circular cutting blades comprising a cutter head, a rotatable disk cutter mounted thereon, a guard carried by the head and surrounding the upper part of the cutter, means for introducing a lubricating fluid on opposite sides of the cutter, troughs on opposite sides of said cutter, each trough extending inwardly from the lower edge of said guard to a point adjacent the cutter whereby said troughs collect fluid thrown from the cutter, and each trough having a drain adapted to direct the fluid collected therein back onto the sides of the cutter.

2. A masonry saw comprising a cutter head, a cutting disk mounted thereon, means for rotating the disk, means for introducing a lubricating fluid onto the disk, a guard carried by the head and surrounding the upper portion of the disk, the side walls of the guard being spaced laterally from the sides of the disk and the lower edge of the guard being substantially radial to the disks axis of rotation, a cover member having laterally spaced parallel flanges, the distance between said flanges being slightly greater than the distance between the said walls of the guard, means for removably securing the cover member to the guard so said flanges are outside the respective walls of the guard, said member having portions extending from said flanges underneath the lower edges of the guard and inwardly to a point adjacent the sides of the disk, said inwardly extending portions being so shaped as to form troughs to catch the lubricant thrown from the disk, and an outlet for each trough adapted to direct the fluid collected therein back onto the sides of the wheel.

3. A masonry saw as claimed in claim 2 wherein said outlets are so positioned as to direct the fluid from the troughs back onto the sides of the wheel at points remote from its periphery.

NELIGI-I CLAIR COATES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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